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View from the Fortifications, Mackinac, Michigan
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
20 Sep 1856
Woodcut engraving of the view of the Mackinaw, MI village and harbour from Fort Mackinac.
Woodcut engraving of the view of the Mackinaw, MI village and harbour from Fort Mackinac.
"Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"
Forts & fortificationsFuel woodPiers & wharvesSchooners2003-04-27T00:00:00Z2014-09-24T21:50:06Z
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Mackinac Island
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Sailors as Entrepreneurs in a Great Lakes Maritime Village
Neuschel, Fred
Neuschel, Fred, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John&apos;s, NL), Jan 1998, 65-82
Those with an interest in the maritime history of the Great Lakes may well agree that while stories abound, historical writings are more scarce. Shipwrecks have been documented extensively, but the question of what sailors were doing when not caught up in catastrophes remains largely unanswered. Studying the development of maritime dependent communities, however, offers the promise of seeing the context in which sailors lived and thus being able to understand more about their place within the local society. Algoma, Wisconsin, is one community which provides insight into the lives of the owners, masters and crew of the small and independently-owned schooners which were ubiquitous on the lakes but were rarely commented upon except when they met disaster. What can be seen in Algoma's history takes us far beyond the confining stereotype of sailors as bawdy, hard-drinking, waterbourne nomads. There, and presumably in other small maritime towns, common sailors occupied an impo rtant, respectable and responsible niche within the community. Their entrepreneurial spirit shaped both the local economy and local politics. Through small scale commercial sailing enterprises first- and second-generation immigrants found a way to escape rural poverty and become more fully integrated into the socio-economic mainstream. But perhaps most fascinating, the sailors and their vessels became a vital part of local mythology, providing heroes whose names are still remembered 125 years later.
Those with an interest in the maritime history of the Great Lakes may well agree that while stories abound, historical writings are more scarce. Shipwrecks have been documented extensively, but the question of what sailors were doing when not caught up in catastrophes remains largely unanswered. Studying the development of maritime dependent communities, however, offers the promise of seeing the context in which sailors lived and thus being able to understand more about their place within the local society. Algoma, Wisconsin, is one community which provides insight into the lives of the owners, masters and crew of the small and independently-owned schooners which were ubiquitous on the lakes but were rarely commented upon except when they met disaster. What can be seen in Algoma's history takes us far beyond the confining stereotype of sailors as bawdy, hard-drinking, waterbourne nomads. There, and presumably in other small maritime towns, common sailors occupied an impo rtant, respectable and responsible niche within the community. Their entrepreneurial spirit shaped both the local economy and local politics. Through small scale commercial sailing enterprises first- and second-generation immigrants found a way to escape rural poverty and become more fully integrated into the socio-economic mainstream. But perhaps most fascinating, the sailors and their vessels became a vital part of local mythology, providing heroes whose names are still remembered 125 years later.
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Algoma
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Town and Harbor of Mackinac, Michigan
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
20 Sep 1856
Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included variety of sailing craft and what appears to be a sternwheel steamboat at the middle pier.
Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included variety of sailing craft and what appears to be a sternwheel steamboat at the middle pier.
"Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"
Fuel woodPiers & wharvesSteamboatsStern wheelersSchooners2003-04-27T00:00:00Z2014-09-24T21:50:50Z
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Mackinac Island
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Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
20 Sep 1856
Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included a paddlewheel steamboat, a propeller, a couple of schooners, smaller saling craft and a canoe. Piles of cordwood can be seen on a wharf in the middle distance. Fort Mackinac can be seen on the heights.
Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included a paddlewheel steamboat, a propeller, a couple of schooners, smaller saling craft and a canoe. Piles of cordwood can be seen on a wharf in the middle distance. Fort Mackinac can be seen on the heights.
"Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"
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Mackinac Island
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Port of Genessee, on Lake Ontario, N.Y.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
5 Jul 1856
The original ambrotype is featured in Gerald T. Girvin, "The Maple Leaf Story Prior to the Civil War", in Keith V. Holland et al., eds., The Maple Leaf: An Extraordinary American Civil War Shipwreck, (Jacksonville, FA: St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions, Inc., 1993), p. 64.
Woodcut engraving of the Port of Genesse, on Lake Ontario, N.Y. from an ambrotype by E. T. Whitney of Rochester. The principal steamboats are, from left to right, the MAPLE LEAF, HIGHLANDER and ONTARIO.
Woodcut engraving of the Port of Genesse, on Lake Ontario, N.Y. from an ambrotype by E. T. Whitney of Rochester. The principal steamboats are, from left to right, the MAPLE LEAF, HIGHLANDER and ONTARIO.
"The Port of Genesse, on Lake Ontario, N.Y."
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Charlotte
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Briton [The] (Schooner), C92643, 1920
1920
ex S. & J. COLLIER
ex S. & J. COLLIER...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Newspaper
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Rigs, Salt and Fresh: Schooner Days CCXXXVI (236)
Snider, C. H. J.
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Mar 1934
<head>Schooner Days No. 236<lb/>
Rigs, Salt and Fresh</head>
<p rend="center">By C.H.J. Snider</p>
<p>On the Great Lakes rigs of sailing vessels sharply differed from those on salt water. Sailors had a laugh the other day over some innocent letterpress about the model of the schooner Tern." ...
Schooners2012-10-09T21:21:26Z2018-08-21T06:21:35.462Z
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Toronto
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, swamped, 1 Apr 1857
1857
Reason: swamped
Lives: 5
Hull damage: $200
Reason: swamped<br/>
Lives: 5<br/>
Hull damage: $200<br/>
...
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Lake Ontario
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, capsized, 1 Apr 1858
1858
Reason: capsized
Lives: 4
Reason: capsized<br/>
Lives: 4<br/>
...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Allegan
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, capsized, 1 Jul 1858
1858
Reason: capsized
Lives: 3
Reason: capsized<br/>
Lives: 3<br/>
...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Newspaper
Chicago
eng
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, capsized, 1 Aug 1858
1858
Reason: capsized
Lives: 3
Reason: capsized<br/>
Lives: 3<br/>
...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Milwaukee
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Round Island
J. A. Jenney
1875-80
Stereoview of Round Island, from the heights in front of Fort Mackinac. A schooner is anchored just offshore.
Stereoview of Round Island, from the heights in front of Fort Mackinac. A schooner is anchored just offshore.
Round Island
National Park, Mackinac
J. A. Jenney Publisher Detroit
Schooners2019-01-19T16:25:03.661Z2019-01-19T16:25:03.661Z
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Round Island
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The Sailing Schooner
Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Apr 1915
<head>The Sailing Schooner<lb/>
____<lb/>
Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past
On the Great Lakes<lb/>
____</head>
<p>The indications are that is only a matter of time, and a short time at that, when the sailing vessel will have disappeared completely from the Great Lakes. During the ...
Schooners2010-01-17T18:40:32Z2010-01-17T18:40:32Z
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Lake Ontario
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Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 12 Aug 1915
<p>The day of the old wind jammers on the lake is past. There are now 28 schooners in commission on Lake Ontario, where formerly there were several hundred, and they are nearly all Canadian owned, though nearly all once had an American register.</p>
<p> As the old schooners and sail crafts pass ...
Schooners2010-01-17T18:39:55Z2010-01-17T18:39:55Z
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Newspaper
Lake Ontario
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Schooner Days
Snider, Charles H. J.
"Schooner Days was a newspaper column which ran Saturdays in the Telegram for more than a quarter of a century beginning in 1931. In it, C.H.J. Snider described in vivid detail the lake shipping scene of the late nineteenth century, touching on both sail and steam, and drawing on experience gained from his own years of service aboard such sailing vessels as the ALBACORE and the famous STUART H. DUNN. Many accounts draw on the memories of a wide range of correspondents from around the Lakes.
"Schooner Days was a newspaper column which ran Saturdays in the Telegram for more than a quarter of a century beginning in 1931. In it, C.H.J. Snider described in vivid detail the lake shipping scene of the late nineteenth century, touching on both sail and steam, and drawing on experience gained from his own years of service aboard such sailing vessels as the ALBACORE and the famous STUART H. DUNN. Many accounts draw on the memories of a wide range of correspondents from around the Lakes.
Schooners2017-12-27T13:35:36.573Z2017-12-27T13:36:04.565Z
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Buffalo Gazette (Buffalo, NY), 1 Apr 1817
<head>FOR SALE<lb/>
a SCHOONER</head>
<p>Forty tons burthen, in service three years on the Lakes, in good repair, sails well; a reasonable credit will be given for good security: Or the Schooner will be exchanged for real estate, in or near the village of Buffalo.</p>
<p>For further particulars, ...
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Buffalo
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, sunk ?, 1 Dec 1862
1862
Reason: sunk ?
Lives: nil
Remarks: Total loss
Reason: sunk ?<br/>
Lives: nil<br/>
Remarks: Total loss<br/>
...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Southampton
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Unknown three masted schooner
Photograph of a three-masted schooner with a deck load of what appears to be pulpwood.
Photograph of a three-masted schooner with a deck load of what appears to be pulpwood.
Schooners2010-12-18T19:14:07Z2010-12-18T19:14:07Z
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, crashed and sunk, 1 Aug 1944
1944
Reason: crashed and sunk
Lives: nil
Remarks: Total loss
Reason: crashed and sunk<br/>
Lives: nil<br/>
Remarks: Total loss<br/>
...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Cabot Head
eng
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, sunk, 1 Oct 1896
1896
Reason: sunk
Lives: ?
Remarks: Total loss
Reason: sunk<br/>
Lives: ?<br/>
Remarks: Total loss<br/>
...
Schooners2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Sandusky
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